[AT] Nice photo-farmhouse and mower

Ronald L. Cook rlcook at pionet.net
Sat Mar 13 09:56:26 PST 2004


Those horses struck me as "pretty" horses.  Something for a carriage. 
Not draft horses for working.  Nifty picture, though.  Keep them coming, 
Guy.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Gilbert Schwartz wrote:

> It's quite obvious that this team of horses hasn't been to the field yet
> this day. That/any horse drawn sickle mower was a really heavy load for two
> horses and a few hours in the field left a ring of sweat foam around the
> collars, cruppers, and bits. Very many days of that work/load made sores on
> the horses shoulders that took several days to heal. That tongue load was
> heavy and the pull load heavier.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Guy Fay" <fayguyma at execpc.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 10:15 AM
> Subject: [AT] Nice photo-farmhouse and mower
> 
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